SB 53
DRUG
SALES MANUFACTURING (Carey, J. – R)
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Introduced
to Senate: February 9, 2005
Assigned to Senate Human Services and Aging (Wachtmann)
Referred to Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice (Jordan)
Substitute Bill and Amendment Passed Senate: October
18, 2005
Introduced to House: October
18, 2005
Assigned to House Civil & Commercial Law (Oelslager)
Amended Bill Passed House: January
18, 2006
Senate concurred in House amendments: January
24, 2006
Signed by Governor Taft on February
9, 2006
Effective Date: May 17, 2006
This bill governs
pseudoephedrine sales in
Ohio
and allows Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Fund moneys to be used to address
contamination caused by the operation of illegal methamphetamine
manufacturing laboratories.
The bill:
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permits
fund money to be used to address contamination caused by operation
of illegal methamphetamine manufacturing laboratories; and |
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increases
the penalties related to child endangering specific to methamphetamine
by having children in or near illegal methamphetemine laboratories. |
With passage of SB
53, Ohio will join many other states that have legislation that: 1)
restricts the availability and purchase of products containing
pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in meth, and 2) toughens penalties
for manufacturing drugs in the presence of children.
Such laws have proven successful in other states and their fight
against meth. PCSAO commends
Sen. Carey and members of the General Assembly in both the House and
Senate for unanimously passing this important piece of legislation to
protect children. |
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